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Candidates from the newsletter of June 17, 2019

 

To speak with any of these candidates contact Ray Swiatecki at 800-548-3506 ext. 3275 or

Email ray@swiftrecruiters.com

82067 Senior Sales Representative – Candidate has over 28 years of experience in industrial packaging and equipment and is looking for a new opportunity in territory sales, sales management or account management in the Atlanta region

  • Dedicated team player with extensive experience in the industrial packaging industry
  • Consistently achieves record-high sales, customer satisfaction rankings, improvements to the bottom line, turnaround of underperforming operations and successful management of startup companies
  • Industrial packaging specialist
  • Business management, sales and marketing
  • Accounting
  • Procurement
  • Inventory control and logistics
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • Extensive negotiating skills
  • Excellent communication, building long-term relationships
  • Project management skills
  • Consistent awards for highest sales and profit margins
  • Motivator/encourager
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Software installation and networking
  • ACT! contact management
  • QuickBooks accounting

62774 Sales Representative – This sales person has six years of experience selling packaging supplies and protective packaging with a background in paper; located in the Chicago area and would relocate anywhere east of the Mississippi River

  • Managed a $2.3 million territory
  • Grew territory by 6% in 2018
  • Worked closely with packaging distributors to ensure mutual success
  • Used vast sales management experience to ensure optimal territory development
  • Used extensive cold calling techniques to optimize territory growth
  • Led training seminars to introduce new products
  • Established and cultivated relationships with end users and distributors to maintain long-term growth
  • Well versed in extensive array of packaging
  • Opened numerous new accounts and grew existing accounts
  • Cultivated relationships to ensure business
  • Called on a diverse collection of manufacturing companies
  • Found solutions to complex packaging situation to ensure the best and most cost effective packaging products were used
  • Worked independently from a home office with a high degree of efficiency
  • Attended training course for numerous products
  • Worked closely with various manufacturing representatives, such as 3M, Ranpak, Sealed Air, etc. to provide proper packaging solutions

82068 Plant Manager/Operations Manager – This manager has 20 years of experience in the printing industry, packaging erectors, packers and sealing equipment with a strong background in manufacturing operations, managing customer service, shipping, ERP systems, marketing and cost accounting; located in Illinois but would relocate

  • ERP implementation
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Employee development
  • ISO internal auditing
  • New product development
  • Kaizen blitz strategies
  • Value stream mapping
  • Safety incident investigation
  • Global customer service
  • NPS
  • Project management
  • Market analysis

82066 Customer Service Representative – This CSR has five years of experience in corrugated packaging and is looking for a new opportunity in Georgia

  • Highly motivated customer account specialist with five years of corrugated experience, having major strengths in multitasking, prioritizing and customer relations
  • Strong attention to meeting and exceeding customer expectations
  • Able to network and build relationships with individuals of various experience and corporate positions
  • Strong active listening and evaluating skills
  • Strong analytical skills and able to handle detail-oriented tasks and review multiple documents/reports
  • Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment and handle multiple requests simultaneously
  • Above average written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate to multiple audiences and purposes and to effectively communicate with customers over the phone
  • Strong understanding of importance of open communication and information sharing among co-workers

81959 Structural Designer – This designer has 12 years of experience in corrugated, displays and folding cartons, is fluent in Artios, CAPE and other software and is looking for a new opportunity in the West Chester to Malvern, PA area

  • Self-motivated, flexible, creative designer able to take projects from concept through completion
  • Outstanding talents in all aspects of creative development with a keen understanding of the role of design in business success
  • Proficiency in the latest versions of all graphic design software, including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, CAPE, Strata 3D CX and ArtiosCAD
  • Experienced in display design, package design, publication design and logo design
  • Platform expertise: Macintosh OS X and Windows 7

71856 Plant Manager – Experience includes 12 years of folding cartons with four as plant manager and five years of supervision management, as well as flexo and digital machinery and Mark Andy operation

  • Experienced operations professional with a demonstrated history of working in the printing industry and extensive experience in leading teams in providing top quality products while reducing operating costs
  • Skilled in product engineering, technical troubleshooting and support, press checks, print management, pressure sensitive labels and shrink sleeves
  • Strong operations professional with a BA in Business Administration, Minor in Operations Management
  • Directly responsible for all safety, quality, maintenance and production functions of $23 million plant with over 130 employees
  • Responsible for all costs associated with manufacturing processes, which required full implementation of tracking systems
  • Reduced raw material and ink cost by 12.5% after one year of working with department heads to implement quality processes
  • Restructured quality systems to drive continuous improvement and drive accountability to process owners
  • Quality changes have driven defective parts per million from 2882 to 1036

82137 Sales Representative – This strong salesperson with 20 years of experience in pressure sensitive, shrink sleeves, commercial printing and large format is looking for account manager/inside sales or customer service opportunity in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area

  • People-oriented, detail-minded individual with a wide range of experience in driving inside and outside sales growth

  • Knowledgeable in managing the entire sales cycle, including prospecting, needs assessment, sales negotiating, sales closing and contract finalization

  • Proficient in multitasking and handling multiple, concurrent accounts with efficiency and quality

  • Excels at building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, resulting in high customer retention and satisfaction

  • Knowledgeable in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint), Salesforce.com and Zoho.com

  • Implemented strategies which drastically increased annual sales revenues in an account from $25,000 to $900,000 within two years

  • Drove sales growth by 50% within first year of sales position

  • Generated the largest sales percentage increase (60%), resulting in being selected to the Million Dollar Club in 2011

  • Instigated a 51% increase in sales revenues (to $1.96 million) in 2013 by utilizing strong negotiating and sales closing skills

  • Developed sales plans which resulted in increasing sales by 60% within one year, realizing more than $1 million in sales revenues across five years

  • Successfully cultivated $300,000 worth of new business within eight months, and acquired new accounts which aided in amplifying sales by 35%

82100 Designer – A southeast PA located designer with 6 years corrugated experience with ArtiosCAD, Kongsberg. Would relocate to Philadelphia area. Also would consider any other viable position in the packaging industry. 

  • Structural design engineer with experience in directing the development, testing and evaluation of new and existing packaging systems

  • Skilled in ArtiosCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office Suite

  • Attention to detail in grammar, graphics, organization and packaging

  • Able to collaborate with cross-functional teams, both internal and external, to ensure compatibility of design, production and shipping distribution

56127 Folder Gluer Operator – Candidate has 21 years of experience with Bobst, Expertfold, Masterfold, Domino and others, and would consider relocation from South Carolina with help

  • Sets up and runs machines for all types of carton styles

  • Experience with Alpina, Domino and Media gluer

  • Knowledge of easy feeder and carton pack system

  • Used HHS and Nordson hot and cold glue system and Leary

  • Set up bar code scanner

80804 Corrugated Plant Supervisor – This Los Angeles area management professional has 13 years of experience and is familiar with die cutting, flexo folder/gluers, corrugators and slitters, as well as training operators

  • 13 years of experience in the corrugated industry and very knowledgeable with the corrugated process
  • Trained operators and supervisors for production efficiencies
  • Oversees daily operations, hires and trains new employees, assigns job duties to supervisors, maintains machinery for production efficiencies, creates and implements procedures, controls quality and safety, and quotes on all machines
  • Works with maintenance on all machine issues, keeps inventory on all supplies for the plant, and orders and maintains all ink for the plant

82046 Structural Designer – Candidate has two years of experience in corrugated and graphic design in Ft. Worth, TX

  • Designs packaging products from standard boxes to custom foam design
  • Presents pricing quote to clients
  • Collaborates with corrugator, sales, production and customers to deliver product from start to finish
  • Knowledgeable in production equipment to better understand design limitations
  • Manages lab testing procedures to determine material strengths
  • Software knowledge includes ArtiosCAD, ArtiosCAD 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Amtech Imaginera and TOPS Pro
  • Operates CAD sample table
  • Conducts various corrugated testing

81982 Sales Representative/Key Account Manager – NJ candidate has three years of experience in cosmetic packaging with all the major players and additional years in IT consulting

  • Entrepreneurial, results-driven cosmetic packaging sales professional who excels at building profitable relationships
  • Passionate, entrepreneurial and collaborative go-getter with strong project management skills seeks a sales manager role in the cosmetic packaging industry
  • Excellent technical knowledge of various primary cosmetic packaging components, including glass bottles and jars, airless components, closures, tubes and metal pans for pressed powders
  • Able to establish and strengthen relationships, consistently exceed customer expectations and creatively problem-solve, resulting in increased profitability as well as efficiency
  • Strategic account management skills
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Hub Spot CRM software and Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint                  

71672 Estimator/Customer Service Representative – This CSR currently located in the western Chicagoland area has over 32 years in folding cartons, corrugated and printing, and is looking for an opportunity within 20-25 miles of west Chicago

  • Engaged customer to gather job requirements
  • Translated requirements into detailed manufacturing kitting instructions
  • Ensured job instructions were entered and verified in various manufacturing systems and queued to production schedule
  • Monitored progress of jobs throughout production
  • Conferred with manufacturing on cuts and runs to ensure final product met customer requirements
  • Serviced small and larger accounts with and without sales representative
  • Worked with a team of five on a $20 million per year account
  • Familiar with Harry Rohde, BVP and Amtech

82084 Maintenance Electrician – This person has nine years of experience with industrial electrical/mechanical systems, including NFPA 70E, NEC, wiring, blueprints, AC/DC motors, PLC maintenance, HVAC, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and is looking for an opportunity within traveling distance of Chicago

  • Performs troubleshooting, preventive/predictive maintenance and repairs on machines and conveyor systems, and builds panels and installs electronic devices connected to PLCs utilizing skills developed through on the job training with factory automatic and electrical distribution equipment
  • Performs demolition of equipment, conduit and wiring, electric and hand bending of ridged/EMT conduit, threading pipes and installations of AC motors and drives
  • Maintains and repairs packaging equipment, and troubleshoots PLC and electrical controls
  • Assembles and installs electrical cabinets’ wiring and electrical/electronic components
  • Installed AB PLC-controlled conveyor systems
  • Assisted panel wiring technicians with installing and wiring 3-phase motors and VFDs, and ran wiring to the PLCs

82047 Maintenance Technician/Electrician – Candidate has 15 years of experience in repair and maintenance of injection molding equipment, automated packaging equipment, pick and place robots and PLCs, and is looking for a new opportunity within driving range of east central Illinois home

  • Repairs and maintains injection molding machines
  • Repairs pick and place robots and other auxiliary equipment
  • Predictive and preventative maintenance
  • Administers preventative maintenance and spare parts crib
  • Repaired and maintained blow molding equipment and automated packaging equipment
  • Repaired and maintained injection molding equipment and other production equipment

82832 Sales Representative – This sales representative has 11 years in sales of packaging and distribution products and 13 years selling technology and other health related products in the Boston area

  • Presented and developed sales solutions to new and established customers
  • Penetrated new and existing customers through cold calling and networking
  • Presented, managed and maintained sales of established customers
  • Developed, presented, demonstrated and trained customers on all new and existing products
  • Maintained and managed quotes, contract pricing and purchasing agreements

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